Minna Kohler, M.D. is the Director of the Rheumatology Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) Program at MGH. Dr. Kohler completed a clinical & research rheumatology fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. Prior to her rheumatology training, Dr. Kohler completed 3 years of general surgery training, and a 2 year NIH-sponsored fellowship in Image-Guided Therapy in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Kohler received diagnostic/ interventional MSKUS training in the Yale MSKUS program for surgeons in the Department of Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation. She co-founded the first collaborative rheumatology/orthopedic MSKUS injection clinic at the Yale/West Haven CT VA Medical Center in 2009. Dr. Kohler is a graduate of the USSONAR (Ultrasound School of North American Rheumatologists) program and now serves as a faculty mentor. Dr. Kohler initiated the first dedicated rheumatology MSKUS clinic at MGH in July 2011. She is the co-director for the Harvard Medical School pilot ultrasound curriculum for medical students & representative for the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ultrasound in medical education interest group. She is a member of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) MSKUS Education Committee and a faculty instructor for the ACR MSKUS courses. Dr. Kohler teaches MSKUS to Harvard medical students, IM residents, MGH Rheumatology, Orthopedics, & Emergency Departments, and Spaulding PM&R residents. Dr. Kohler has educational/research interests in point-of-care ultrasound as it relates to arthritis, tendinitis, bursitis, vasculitis, and other musculoskeletal and rheumatic diseases.

ResearchClinical research studies- currently enrolling: 1. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) (PI: Minna Kohler, MD)- We are looking for patients age 18 and above with lateral hip pain thought to be due to trochanteric bursitis or GTPS.- For more information about the study, please contact Dr. Naina Rastalsky, 617-726-7938.

2. Chemokine and cytokine expression by leukocytes in inflammatory arthritis (PI: Andrew Luster, MD)- We are looking for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis or gout with a joint effusion.- For more information about the study, please contact Dr. Kohler or Dr. Kim, 617-726-7938.